All Recipes and Skills

Blini with Citrus Cured Salmon – Russia

Originally written as part of the World Cup 2014 cooking project. Football: The dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 lead to the creation of a new football team in

Tamales Rellenos – Mexico

Originally written as part of the World Cup 2014 cooking project. Football: The year is 1986, a numerical anagram of 1968; the year Mexico hosted the Olympic Games. This time

Ćevapčići with Ajvar – Croatia

Originally written as part of the World Cup 2014 cooking project. Football: I write this section with a heavy heart today as my beloved England has been pushed to the

Diombre – Côte d’Ivoire

Originally written as part of the World Cup 2014 cooking project. Football: I can’t start talking about the Côte d’Ivoire without mentioning the two players that are expected to take

Burek – Bosnia and Herzegovina

Originally written as part of the World Cup 2014 cooking project. Football: Bosnia and Herzegovina are the babies of the World Cup in Brazil. Considering that their first ever international

Shakhshūkha – Algeria

Originally written as part of the World Cup 2014 cooking project. Football: The World Cup is hotting up now and with only a few hours to Algeria’s first game it

Chucula de Vainilla – Ecuador

Originally written as part of the World Cup 2014 cooking project. Football: Ecuador is a relative new comer to World Cup competition, having first qualified in 2002 for the World

Ceviche with Chimol – Honduras

Originally written as part of the World Cup 2014 cooking project. Football: Honduras first qualified for the World Cup in 1982, the great spectacle in Spain and the first World

Patacones and Black Bean Dip – Costa Rica

Originally written as part of the World Cup 2014 cooking project. Football: My memory of the first Costa Rican to make it big in the English Premiership is of Paulo

Chelo Kebab with Tabouleh – Iran

Originally written as part of the World Cup 2014 cooking project. Football: Iran caused one of the greatest heartaches in World Cup qualifying history; at the expense of Australia. I

Masah with Wild Honey – Nigeria

Originally written as part of the World Cup 2014 cooking project. Football: Pivoting on a six-pence, dribbling through players like cones, deft little touches and flicks, and a devastating finish;

Ponkie – Ghana

Originally written as part of the World Cup 2014 cooking project. Nigeria was supposed to be next but a little setback with the recipe means that it’s Ghana today and